Articles by Ali Imrie

Recently, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (ONSCJ) released a decision considering how to balance the public interest in open courts with respecting the privacy and safety of the families of high profile murder victims…

Last week, the Ontario Attorney General declared its intent to appeal the not guilty verdict delivered last month that acquitted Peter Khill from second-degree murder charges for the death of Jon Styres. Styres, an Indigenous…

This week, the Ontario Superior Court ruled on what Justice Lucille Shaw described as “the first instance where the court has been asked to consider the values associated with the common law definition of death.”[1]…

In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the decision of the Law Societies of British Columbia and Ontario to deny accreditation to Trinity Western University (TWU)’s proposed law school is…

This week, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled that it is unconstitutional for employers to eliminate or reduce benefits for employees over 65. In this Talos v Grand Erie District School Board, a teacher,…

Recently, the Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ) released two decisions concerning a complex situation in which the defendant, Mr. Voong, was accused, through photo-identification technology, of possessing multiple fraudulent driver’s licenses. Authorities had identified 7…

Background Today, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in R v Wong[1], a case exploring the implications of uninformed guilty pleas in the criminal justice system. In this case, the defendant pled…

Anyone charged with a criminal offence, regardless of their presence or absence at trial, has a constitutional right to a fair and impartial trial at which they are presumed innocent until proven guilty.[1] In Mississauga…